Software Developer - Risk Technology

Squarepoint Capital; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial technology firm in London is seeking a Software Developer for Risk Technology. You will design and maintain a trading risk platform, with a focus on performance and resilience. Ideal candidates have over 4 years of C++ experience and a collaborative mindset. This is an exciting opportunity in a dynamic environment with significant investment in technology.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ C++ Linux based development experience.
• Team player with excellent communication skills.
• Experience with scalable large-scale/distributed systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain the trading risk platform.
• Develop solutions for processing high volumes of trading data.
• Collaborate within a global team to ensure engineering excellence.

Skills

C++

Linux

Data structures and algorithms

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related subject

Tools

Kafka

Python

Bash

Q/KDB

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Software Developer - Risk Technology, London

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Client:

Squarepoint Capital

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

Position Overview:

Risk Technology is a global team that designs, builds and maintains Squarepoint’s trading risk platform, which is responsible for trade capture, position management, profit/loss computation, inventory/locate management and internal order routing.These critical systems need to be performant, resilient, and capable of timely processing of high volumes of trading data in both live and historical scenarios, requiring solutions to process, propagate and store rapidly changing datasets efficiently.The Risk platform is undergoing significant investment to build a new service orientated architecture. We’re looking for talented engineers with a passion for software development who enjoy working in a dynamic, global and collaborative environment, with a strong focus on engineering excellence.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related subject.
• 4+ years’ C++ Linux based development experience.
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Team player with excellent communication skills.

Nice to have:

• Experience with scalable large-scale / distributed systems / service-oriented architecture
• Experience optimizing code for high performance applications
• Experience with messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, AMPS, QPID)
• Experience with Python, bash and/or Q/KDB